Books & Maps

Author: Rina Singh Illustrator: Marianne Ferrer
Based on a true story, this book celebrates environmental sustainability, community activism and ecofeminism. This is the story of Sundar Paliwal, who is from a small Indian village.

Educational
This south-at-the-top map is a great educational tool! It challenges basic notions of "up" and "down." True "up" from our standpoint on the earth, is away from the center, and the earth in space has no inherent up or down.

Discover the must-have book for all children! Barefoot Books Children of the World depicts kids of a wide range of shapes, sizes, races, abilities and lifestyles from countries and cultures all over the world. From enjoying special days to trying on silly

Educational
Which is bigger, Greenland or China? With the traditional Mercator map, Greenland and China look to be the same size but in reality, China is almost 4 times larger! Dr. Arno Peters created an equal area map, a new world map that dramatically

Float through the cherry blossoms, snack at the market and watch the stars twinkle following a day in Japan. With text and artwork developed especially for babies, author Emily Satako Seo and illustrator Aunyarat Watanabe draw on personal experience of li

A heartwarming fable for our time! A human mother tells her small son to watch out for wolves, and a wolf mother tells her cub to fear men — but their children don't listen. What will happen when the boy and the cub cross paths in the forest? This simple

Get swept away by 8 traditional tales from 8 different African nations retold by master storyteller Gcina Mhlophe, a well-known South African activist, actor, poet, playwright and director. Mhlophe provides a fascinating, fact-filled introduction to each

A sparkling version of the popular Christmas song, in a new edition with beautiful fabric illustrations by Rachel Griffin and notes on the festival and the history of the song.

Could you beat the bad guys with your brain? Outwit a wolf or a tiger? Turn a fearful ogre into a friend? The characters in these 4 folk tales do just that. Celebrate ingenuity and nurture global awareness with this boxed set of 4 stories from Cambodia, K

Sharpen your memory skills and discover some of the world's greatest buildings. Match the pairs of landmarks and learn the city and country where the landmark can be found. This game features 72 memory cards and gorgeous hand-painted illustrations by arti

United Kingdom
Learn 36 ways to say "hello" with this brightly-coloured memory game! Match two children from the same country, and learn how they greet each other in their language. Illustrated by Sophie Fatus. Published by Barefoot Books.

Education
"When you think about going to school, what do you imagine? Odds are, it's not a cave or a boat or a train platform. But there are schools in caves and on boats and train platforms. There are green schools and mobile schools and even schools th